The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good morning, Nova Nation! The women’s swimming and diving team are BIG EAST Champions!

What else is going on in Nova Nation?

🏀 Senior Day
🥍 Men’s lacrosse hosts Lehigh
🔷 And much more!

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🔼  Inside Villanova Basketball. Tune in to tonight’s episode of Inside Villanova Basketball with Kyle Neptune, presented by Toyota, at 6:30 and 11 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia! Learn how Villanova was one of the first programs to hire a General Manager in response to the changing landscape of college athletics. The show highlights the team’s success, including a recent upset of Marquette, and Eric Dixon’s impressive career.

Re-Air Schedule:

• Saturday, March 1 – 11 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia

• Sunday, March 2 – 4:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia

• Monday, March 3 – 5:00 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia+

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🔼  Keep Pushing. The men’s basketball team enters the weekend on a two-game winning streak after beating Seton Hall 59-54 on Wednesday. The nation’s leading scorer Eric Dixon scored 32 in the win. The Wildcats will host Butler tomorrow at noon on Fox, presented by Rothman Orthopaedics. It’s Senior Day, so come early to celebrate the senior class of student-athletes and student managers with the ceremony starting around 11:35 a.m.

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🔼  Beat The Buzzer. The women’s basketball team got a thrilling Senior Night win over Butler! Ryanne Allen hit the game-winner at the buzzer to secure a 56-54 win. Jasmine Bascoe led the Wildcats with 15 points. They’ll close out the regular season at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday at Creighton on FS1.

🔼 A Dozen Trophies. The women’s swimming & diving team are BIG EAST Champions for the 12th time in a row! They scored 1588 points, the highest in program history. The men’s team finished in fourth place. The Wildcats left with eight medals on the final day of competition, five for the women and three for the men.

🔼 Back In Action. The men’s lacrosse team is back in action today at 4 p.m. when they host Lehigh, presented by The Juice Pod! It’s also the Unitas Game. Tyler Sandoval enters the game as the BIG EAST Specialist of the Week.

The women’s lacrosse team is on the road this weekend. They’ll play at Stanford tomorrow at 4 p.m.

🔼 Music City Mashing. Villanova baseball is spending the weekend in Nashville for a three-game series at Lipscomb. The Wildcats have won three of their last four, taking the series from Winthrop last weekend. Catcher Jason Neff has been on a tear and was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. today! Today and Sunday’s games will stream on ESPN+.

🔼 Hokie Pokie. Villanova softball heads down to Virginia for Virginia Tech’s Hokie Invite this weekend! They’ll play No. 15 Virginia Tech twice today, starting at 3 p.m. They’ll also face Robert Morris, Radford and Penn State throughout the weekend. All five games will stream on MuscoVision.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday 2/28

🏊 Swimming & Diving at BIG EAST Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
🤽 Water Polo vs. Concordia University Irvine @ 1:15 p.m.
🎽 Track & Field at BIG EAST Championships @ 2:00 p.m. | Watch
🥎 Softball at No. 15 Virginia Tech @ 3:00 p.m. | Watch
🥍 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Lehigh @ 4:00 p.m. | Watch
⚾️ Baseball at Lipscomb @ 4:00 p.m. | Watch
🥎 Softball at No. 15 Virginia Tech @ 5:30 p.m. | Watch
🤽 Water Polo vs. Cal State Fullerton @ 6:15 p.m.

Saturday 3/1

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Butler @ 12:00 p.m. | FOX
🎽 Track & Field at BIG EAST Championships @ 12:00 p.m. | Watch
🤽 Water Polo vs. McKendree @ 12:00 p.m.
🥎 Softball vs. Robert Morris @ 12:30 p.m. | Watch
🥎 Softball vs. Radford @ 3:00 p.m. | Watch
⚾️ Baseball at Lipscomb @ 3:00 p.m.
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at Stanford @ 4:00 p.m. | Watch
🤽 Water Polo vs. California Lutheran @ 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 3/2

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
🥎 Softball vs. Penn State @ 10:00 a.m. | Watch
🤽 Water Polo at CSUN @ 2:00 p.m.
⚾️ Baseball at Lipscomb @ 2:00 p.m. | Watch
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Ball State @ 3:30 p.m.
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Creighton @ 8:30 p.m. | FS1
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UC Davis @ 9:00 p.m.

Have a great weekend!